ArticleJournal of biological dynamics2015
A network-patch methodology for adapting agent-based models for directly transmitted disease to mosquito-borne disease.
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- Review of Importance of Weather and Environmental Variables in Agent-Based Arbovirus Models.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Human-Mosquito Contact: A Missing Link in Our Understanding of Mosquito-Borne Disease Transmission Dynamics.Annals of the Entomological Society of America · 2021Review
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- Spatiotemporal Bayesian modeling of West Nile virus: Identifying risk of infection in mosquitoes with local-scale predictors.The Science of the total environment · 2019Article
- Practical unidentifiability of a simple vector-borne disease model: Implications for parameter estimation and intervention assessment.Epidemics · 2018Article
- State-dependent domicile leaving rates in Anopheles gambiae.Malaria journal · 2018Article
- Epidemic host community contribution to mosquito-borne disease transmission: Ross River virus.Epidemiology and infection · 2017Article
- Defining the Risk of Zika and Chikungunya Virus Transmission in Human Population Centers of the Eastern United States.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Article
- Yellow fever impact on brown howler monkeys (Alouatta guariba clamitans) in Argentina: a metamodelling approach based on population viability analysis and epidemiological dynamics.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2015Article
- Towards a Hybrid Agent-based Model for Mosquito Borne Disease.Summer Computer Simulation Conference : (SCSC 2014) : 2014 Summer Simulation Multi-Conference : Monterey, California, USA, 6-10 July 2014. Summer Computer Simulation Conference (2014 : Monterey, Calif.) · 2014Article
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Mosquito-borne diseases cause significant public health burden and are widely re-emerging or emerging. Understanding, predicting, and mitigating the spread of mosquito-borne disease in diverse populations and geographies are ongoing modelling challenges. We propose a hybrid network-patch model for the spread of mosquito-borne pathogens that accounts for individual movement through mosquito habitats, extending the capabilities of existing agent-based models (ABMs) to include vector-borne diseases. The ABM are coupled with differential equations representing 'clouds' of mosquitoes in patches accounting for mosquito ecology. We adapted an ABM for humans using this method and investigated the importance of heterogeneity in pathogen spread, motivating the utility of models of individual behaviour. We observed that the final epidemic size is greater in patch models with a high risk patch frequently visited than in a homogeneous model. Our hybrid model quantifies the importance of the heterogeneity in the spread of mosquito-borne pathogens, guiding mitigation strategies.
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